Upstream news
SA Equip, and Scan Tech AS establish partnership agreement for Norwegian Sector
SA Equip has appointed Scan Tech AS, specialists in the provision and maintenance of hazardous area equipment as their exclusive distributor for Norway.
Total strengthens its exploration position In Mauritania
Total and the Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines of Mauritania have signed an agreement awarding Total two new exploration and production contracts for Blocks C15 and C31 deep offshore Mauritania.
French Guyana: Total commits to carry out its exploration campaign with transparency
The company has invited NGOs, who wish to do so, to visit its installations to understand the precautionary measures taken on its drilling rig.
Shearwater GeoServices awarded projects equivalent to 8 vessel months in the Arabian Sea
Eni Oman BV in partnership with Oman Oil Company Exploration and Production has awarded Shearwater GeoServices a seismic survey in Block 52, offshore Oman.
Equinor: drilling permit for well 36/1-3
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS a drilling permit for well 36/1-3, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.
Eni announces the start-up of Vandumbu field in Block 15/06, offshore Angola
The ramp-up of Vandumbu will lead to a total production of about 170 000 bpd.
Point Resources and Eni Norge merge to create Vår Energi
Vår Energi is the largest independent exploration and production company on the Norwegian continental shelf, with a net production rate of more than 170 000 boe/d in 2018.
Sulzer Wood wins contract extension with BP
The contract will create two new roles (a customer support engineer and a technical advisor) and will also increase the service engineer team by 10%.
UTEC awarded multivessel survey work offshore India
UTEC, a global surveying company in subsea services group Acteon, has been awarded a subcontract by McDermott International for a series of survey work scopes offshore eastern India.
LUX Assure and The University of Strathclyde secure OGIC technology grant
The grant from the Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) will be used to further develop LUX’s CoMic™ technology to provide the industry’s first corrosion inhibitor micelle detection tool with automated data analysis capability.